Identification-tag.



J. GAUVREAU.

IDENTIFICATION TAG.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-24,1914.

I 1 151 ,940. Patented Aug. 31, 1915.

JUIIES GAUVREAU, OF QUEBEC, QUEBEC, CANADA.

IDENTIFICATION-TAG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 31, 1915.

Application filed September 24, 1914. Serial No. 863,897.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JULns GAUVREAU, a subject of the King of Great'Britain, residing at Number 24 Ste. Ursule street, Quebec, Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Identification-Tags; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention to be hereinafter described relates to identification tags.

In order to more clearly disclose the construction, operation, anduse of the invention, reference should be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of the present application. Throughout the several figures of the drawings like reference characters designate the. same parts.

In the drawings: Figure'l is a top plan view of my device, and Fig. 2 is a section on line 22 of the same looking in the direction of the arrows.

The main objects of the invention are, to provide a neat, durable, eflicient, and water tight and water proof identification means.

This tag is intended, more especially, to be worn by soldiers and sailors during active service, or others engaged in dangerous undertakings, and is adapted to be worn on the wrist in the same manner as a wrist watch, being constructed to closely resemble such an article at a slight distance.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the identification card 1 is mounted in a specially constructed container or casing, so as to be fully visible but effectually protected from harm by bad weather, water, or the like. This casing is composed of a shallow cylindrical body 2 over which is fitted a tightly fitting ring 3 the upper part of which is curved inwardly to form a bead 4 semi-circular in cross-section extending a slight distance in from the top edge of body 2. Stirrups 5, integral with ring 3, are provided on diametricallyopposite sides thereof. A wrist strap 6, provided with the usual buckle 7, is passed through stirrups 5 and beneath the casing and is secured about the wrist of the wearer.

A disk 8 of'padding or heavy cardboard is placed in the bottom. of body 2, and the identification card 1, on which is marked the name and address of the wearer and the person whom he wishes to be notified in case of accident, is placed, face upward, on top of disk 8.

A disk 9 of transparent celluloid, or the like, is placed on top of the card so as to protect it.

The constant pull on stirrups 5 by strap 6 forces the inner edge of the bead 4 of ring 3 into tight engagement with the celluloid disk 9, near the outer circumference thereof. This maintains a tight closure at the top of the casing and effectually prevents the entry of water, &c. The ring 3 fits the body 2 very closely, so as to make a tight closure thereabout. By this means, the identification card is fully protected and is entirely visible.

It is thought that the construction, operation, anduse of the invention will be clear from the preceding detailed description.

Changes may be made in the construction, arrangement, and disposition of the several parts of the invention without in any way departing from the field and scope of the same as set forth in the appended claim, and it is meant to include all such within this application wherein only a preferred form has been disclosed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In combination; a shallow cylindrical body closed at one end and open at the other end; an identification card carried therein; a disk of transparent water proof material placed on the outer face thereof; a ring fitting tightly about the said body and having an integral bead semicircular in cross section which extends inwardly beyond the inner circumference of the upper edge of the body and engages the said disk of transparent material with its inner edge; diametrically opposite stirrups secured to the said ring; and a securingstrap-passed through the said stirrups and beneath the body and adapted, when the deviceis in use, to force 

